The latest Android Distribution numbers are released showing that Android 11, released in 2020, is the most widely distributed version of Android at this date.
Remember the old days when Google released the latest Android distribution figures every month? Because of the large number of companies making Android phones and with only one of them involved in the development of Android, the update schedule for Android phones is staggered with Google’s Pixel handsets (at least those models eligible to be updated) receiving the latest Android build first.
As a result, typically the most recent Android release would not be the version of the Android operating system most in use. That is very much unlike iOS as the latest version of the latter is usually being used on most iPhone units at any given time. Of course, the difference is that with iOS, Apple makes the phone and the software giving it more control.
